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Subject: [birders] Bay City State Recreation Area
From: MiHerp(AT)comcast.net
Date: 20 Apr 2008 5:33am
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While doing a Spring Awakening amphibian and reptile presentation at Bay City
State Recreation Area (BCSRA) today I had the chance to do a little birding
there and took a quick trip to Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge ShNWR.
Highlights of the day had to be the Virginia Rail at BCSR and the flock of 50 or
so Lapland Longspurs down the road from the visitors center of ShNWR. Also had
a mature Bald Eagle fly right overhead at a height of no more than 50 feet.
Very impressive.
The days full list was
BCSRA
Canada Goose
Mallard
Lesser Scaup
Ring Necked Duck
Double Crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Ring Billed Gull
Herring Gull
Bald Eagle
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Black Capped Chickadee
Red Breasted Nuthatch
White Breasted Nuthatch
Chipping Sparrow
White Throated Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Song Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Dark Eyed Junco
American Crow
Blue Jay
Blue Bird
Robin
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch
House Finch
ShNWR
Mute Swan
Blue Winged Teal
Northern Shovler
Greater Yellow Legs
Lesser Yellow Legs
Kildeer
Northern Harrier
Red Tailed Hawk
Lapland Longspur
Horned Larks
Turkey Vulture
Pine Siskin
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Subject: [birders] Re: Barred owl party
From: "Harry and Elnora Wallin" <owltalker(AT)centurytel.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 1:15pm
Greetings all,
I'm no expert, but I've heard Barred Owls talk like that many times. My
suspicion is that it's terratorial. The first time I heard it I was
backpacking. I called from the sleeping bag, and first one owl, then
another, and then a third came from different directions. They got into an
argument, and I heard whoops, caws, quacks, and all sorts of new Owlian
vocabulary. I'm fairly certain, to be anthropomorphic, that some of it was
profanity. They argued for hours and I was sorry I ever started calling,
but then again, I wasn't too sorry.
Maybe someone else knows more about the behavioral aspects of owl
vocalizations than I do, but that's my two hoots. I most recently heard
activity like that from my mother's house on the edge of the Cuyahoga Vallea
National Park.
Harry Wallin, "owltalker"
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From: "Ann Zinn" <annczinn(AT)umich.edu>
To: <birders(AT)umich.edu>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 10:36 PM
Subject: [birders] Barred owl party
> The owls were at it again last night, around 2 am. Not quite so
> creatively vocal this time, but still noisy.
>
> If they return reliably, I'll let everyone know. It's possible that you
> might be able to raise them at the bridge on Marshall Rd. between 9 mile
> and Silver Lake Rd. north of Whitmore Lake.
>
> Allen says they likely nest in March and April. Does this mean they are
> "courting" or being territorial with all that commotion? Or are they just
> having an animated conversation. :-)
>
> A.
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Subject: [birders] Mealworms for Blue Birds
From: "Diane Pruden" <dianepruden(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 1:45pm
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I would appreciate receiving information about good local sources for live
meal worms. Also, does anyone have an Internet or mail order source to
recommend?
Thanks.
Diane Pruden
Milford
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Subject: [birders] ADMIN TEST -- ignore
From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 3:16pm
Test. Please ignore.
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Subject: [birders] OT: Coyote at Barton Nature Area
From: Chases - Dick and Sue <chases(AT)peoplepc.com>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 3:57pm
. Sunday, 20 April 2008
This noon at Barton Nature Area, we saw a coyote coming from the railroad
tracks, crossing the main path, and then crossing the side trail to the meadow.
Another person walking in the meadow also saw the coyote closer to the river
and got a picture of it. It may not have been coincidence that two pairs of
Canada geese began honking excitedly from the field across the railroad tracks
and then circled around overhead several times just before we saw the coyote.
Dick Chase
Ann Arbor
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Subject: [birders] Tawas City Area and Nayanquing Birding
From: Bob Tarte <theduckpen(AT)att.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 5:59pm
This weekend I had the opportunity to do some birding in the Tawas City
area and also at Nayanquing Point.
At Tawas Point, I saw at least a dozen Flickers, a few Yellow-rumped
Warblers, Peregrine Falcon, Eastern Bluebirds, Double-crested
Cormorants, Ruby-crowned Kinglet. The beauty of this park really
impressed me, and I liked the way that the Sandy Hook trail is nicely
maintained yet still little more than a footpath.
The best spot in the Tawas area was around Harbor Park in East Tawas,
and my thanks go to Allen Cartier’s “A Birder’s Guide to Michigan” for
suggesting this bit of sheltered water enclosed by the fishing pier in
back of the former Holiday Inn now known as the Tawas Bay Beach Resort.
The open water just south of the pier is also great. I saw hundreds of
Bonaparte’s Gulls, nine pairs of Red-breasted Mergansers, four Common
Loons, dozens of Double-Crested Cormorants, and a flock of perhaps 30
grebes too far away to identify, though one straggler that approached
the pier was an Eared Grebe.
Nayanquing was cold and windy this morning, and I did not find any
Yellow-headed Blackbirds. I was probably at least a week too early. I
did have at least a dozen Caspian Terns, Brown Thrasher, Sora,
Bufflehead, Blue-winged Teal, Coot, Wood Duck, Northern Shoveler, Tree
Swallow, Rusty Blackbird, Great Egret, Scaup, Swamp Sparrow,
Double-crested Cormorants, and Northern Harrier. The Sora and Rusty
Blackbird were lifers for me. There were also many Red-winged
Blackbirds, and I enjoyed seeing that the females had arrived. (I saw
only males at Tawas Point.)
By the way...
A birder I ran into at Tawas Point was confused when I mentioned
Nayanquing due to my pronunciation 'Nye-ONN-king.' After a moment, he
asked me, "Are you talking about Nan-king?" I told him that the person
who answered the phone at the Nayanquing Point Wildlife Office gave me
the pronunciation that I use, but he dismissed this. "The locals call it
Nan-king." I'm curious what the preferred pronunciation might be. Thanks.
--
Bob Tarte
Author of "Fowl Weather" & "Enslaved by Ducks"
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
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Subject: [birders] Stony Creek Birds Sat.
From: Ed Lewandowski <scotchman12year(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 3:08pm
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Hello birders,
Went on a hike at Stony Creek with Craig Gough.
Gorgeous weather this weekend going against weather channel predictions
thankfully.
Most note worthy birds...
Osprey Trail- Brown Thrashers were singing at the tops of the trees out on the
meadow area as expected. The third week in April seems to be reliable for
these guys in that location.
Loads of singing Field Sparrow, Chipping Sparrows marking their return, along
with Towhees and E. Meadowlarks.
Blue Wing Teal by the unused Osprey tower, plenty YR Warblers of course
Landscape Trail- A large amount of Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers and YR Warblers.
Great day for a hike, enjoy the weather and warblers soon to be.
Ed Lewandowski
Auburn Hills
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Subject: [birders] superior township, brown thrasher
From: laurent fournier <laurentfournier2003(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 3:34pm
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Got a brown thrasher at stommel road, in superior township this morning. Also
seen was 2 cranes on cherry hills.
Laurent Fournier
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Subject: [birders] RE: OT: Coyote at Barton Nature Area
From: "makielb(AT)excite.com"<makielb@excite.com>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 6:43pm
Maybe by coincidence, but at about 6:30 in the evening a coyote came trotting
down Saunders Crescent then down Hatcher Crescent as we were getting ready to
have dinner on our deck- perhaps it crossed over the freeway at Bird Hills...
Then again, it may have been a totally different critter.
Mike Kielb
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Subject: [birders] Sunday birds
From: "makielb(AT)excite.com" <makielb@excite.com>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 6:49pm
We now have a resident leucasistic male robin. He is virtually white, with dark
eyes, pale orange breast and belly, and grayish UTCs. He also has a missus!
She's nest building and he is a very high-charged defender of his turf.
This morning we had a pair of thrashes behind the house, as well as a House
Wren.
All this with yesterdays coyote on Hatcher Crescent behind the water treatment
settling ponds.
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Subject: [birders] it's not a bluejay
From: "Cendra" <groupmail(AT)griefnet.org>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 8:23pm
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I heard what I was sure was a bluejay but all I could see were what I
thought might be chickadees. They were hopping around my bushes and then
went up into a tree. I finally triangulated in on the sound, and it was
this little bird making what I had thought was a variation on a blue jay
call. I thought the bird was a black capped chickadee. I am apparently
wrong on both counts.
The bird was small and grey. The call was a very distinct fourth, lowest
note first, a round clear tone. (A fourth is four notes apart, like from C
go G; the first 3 notes of "Taps" would be C-C-G.)
After 15 minutes of googling I had to get back to work. (They need to file
bird calls by notes for those of us who have so few clues.) I'm sure some
of you will know right off.
Cendra Lynn
OWS, A2
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Subject: [birders] woodpecker comparison
From: Sherri Smith <grackle(AT)umich.edu>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 8:25pm
Today i have three different woodpeckers in rehab. They all hit
widows or other things, and then other bad things happened. They all
will be OK, I think, but it's interesting to be able to compare a Red-
bellied, a Hairy and a Yellow bellied Sap Sucker. Red-bellied and
Hairy are the same sized birds. I don't see many sapsuckers since
they only migrate thru, hitting buildings as they go. This one has a
spinal injury and impaired use of legs. Legs are slowly recovering.
His brain has always worked well, and he's smart. His claws are
absolutely needly sharp, very much sharper than those of the other
birds. His beak is sharper as well It's a privilege to have such
fine birds in my car. When they are all pecking at once it sounds
like a demented percussion group.
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Subject: [birders] RE: OT: Coyote at Barton Nature Area
From: "Cendra" <cendra(AT)digitalrealm.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 8:27pm
I've seen this coyote (or a relative) there in winter, standing on the ice
at the edge of the oxbow, looking desperately at the geese who had gone off
the ice into the water and were gossiping loudly about him. I thought at
the time he was the largest fox I'd ever seen. That was before I learned
the coyotes had move here.
Cendra Lynn
OWS, A2
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Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 3:57 PM
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Subject: [birders] OT: Coyote at Barton Nature Area
. Sunday, 20 April 2008
This noon at Barton Nature Area, we saw a coyote coming from the railroad
tracks, crossing the main path, and then crossing the side trail to the
meadow. Another person walking in the meadow also saw the coyote closer to
the river and got a picture of it. It may not have been coincidence that
two pairs of Canada geese began honking excitedly from the field across the
railroad tracks and then circled around overhead several times just before
we saw the coyote.
Dick Chase
Ann Arbor
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Subject: [birders] Re: Tawas City Area and Nayanquing Birding
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 8:25pm
Bob,
You can thank my co-editor Jerry Ziarno for the birding hints around Tawas,
as that was his area of responsibility and expertise.
Regarding the pronounciation of Nayanquing, I pronounce it just like it's
spelled...
Allen T. Chartier
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From: "Bob Tarte" <theduckpen(AT)att.net>
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Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 5:59 PM
Subject: [birders] Tawas City Area and Nayanquing Birding
> This weekend I had the opportunity to do some birding in the Tawas City
> area and also at Nayanquing Point.
>
> At Tawas Point, I saw at least a dozen Flickers, a few Yellow-rumped
> Warblers, Peregrine Falcon, Eastern Bluebirds, Double-crested Cormorants,
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet. The beauty of this park really impressed me, and I
> liked the way that the Sandy Hook trail is nicely maintained yet still
> little more than a footpath.
>
> The best spot in the Tawas area was around Harbor Park in East Tawas, and
> my thanks go to Allen Cartier’s “A Birder’s Guide to Michigan” for
> suggesting this bit of sheltered water enclosed by the fishing pier in
> back of the former Holiday Inn now known as the Tawas Bay Beach Resort.
> The open water just south of the pier is also great. I saw hundreds of
> Bonaparte’s Gulls, nine pairs of Red-breasted Mergansers, four Common
> Loons, dozens of Double-Crested Cormorants, and a flock of perhaps 30
> grebes too far away to identify, though one straggler that approached the
> pier was an Eared Grebe.
>
> Nayanquing was cold and windy this morning, and I did not find any
> Yellow-headed Blackbirds. I was probably at least a week too early. I did
> have at least a dozen Caspian Terns, Brown Thrasher, Sora, Bufflehead,
> Blue-winged Teal, Coot, Wood Duck, Northern Shoveler, Tree Swallow, Rusty
> Blackbird, Great Egret, Scaup, Swamp Sparrow, Double-crested Cormorants,
> and Northern Harrier. The Sora and Rusty Blackbird were lifers for me.
> There were also many Red-winged Blackbirds, and I enjoyed seeing that the
> females had arrived. (I saw only males at Tawas Point.)
>
> By the way...
>
> A birder I ran into at Tawas Point was confused when I mentioned
> Nayanquing due to my pronunciation 'Nye-ONN-king.' After a moment, he
> asked me, "Are you talking about Nan-king?" I told him that the person who
> answered the phone at the Nayanquing Point Wildlife Office gave me the
> pronunciation that I use, but he dismissed this. "The locals call it
> Nan-king." I'm curious what the preferred pronunciation might be. Thanks.
>
> --
> Bob Tarte
> Author of "Fowl Weather" & "Enslaved by Ducks"
> Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
> Info and animal photos at: http://www.bobtarte.com
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Subject: [birders] Mockingbird at Metro Beach
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 8:32pm
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Birders,
This afternoon (April 19) a photographer walked down the banding lane at =
Metro Beach and asked me about a bird he'd photographed on the grass =
near the golf course at Metro Beach Metropark. It was a stunningly well =
photographed Northern Mockingbird. He said the bird flew off toward the =
golf course. This species is very rare at this locale...I've never seen =
one in more than 20 years birding there.
Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(AT)comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA
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Subject: [birders] Pileated Update & Nan Weston Report
From: "Matt Yawney" <myawney(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 9:10pm
I hadn't seen my backyard Pileated for a few days now, but today he did
finally show up. I didn't have too many chances to watch him, but he
didn't seem to be working on the hole, more just hanging out inside of it.
He was in there at 8PM, and then I went inside... so I am wondering if he
is roosting in the hole. I still haven't seen a female, but the male is
drumming quite a bit throughout the day and throughout the surrounding
woods. Anyway, I'll just keep watching I guess. Other yard activity
included a pair of Wood Ducks that have been spending a lot of time out
back in the last week. Also, we've had a group of 4-5 YR Warblers hanging
around. A Hermit Thrush was singing this AM. It's been nice.
My daughter and I went to Nan Weston this afternoon. Bird activity was
near zero, but the wildflower activity was excellent. There are already 5
different species (I don't know which ones) that have bloomed and it
looked like several others will start blooming this week. The abundance of
flowers is amazing. It's a really special place. I am hoping to make it
back there soon.
I guess that's all.
Matt Yawney
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Subject: [birders] Test
From: PATRICK BAIZE <pkbaize(AT)sbcglobal.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 7:05pm
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just looking to see where this goes on my computer. Pat
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Subject: [birders] looking for a bird rehabber
From: Pat Burden <tallerpat(AT)aol.com>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 10:07pm
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I do not have an injured bird, but I have some questions that I would like to
ask anyone who has a license for bird rehabilitation to contact me offlist.
Thank you,
Pat Burden
Yale, MI
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Subject: [birders] Photos uploaded
From: Parula100(AT)aol.com
Date: 20 Apr 2008 10:09pm
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I uploaded some photos that I took at Crane Creek and Metzger Marsh today of
a Yellow-throated Warbler, Horned Grebe, Pine Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler,
and Winter Wren.
http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html
Darlene Friedman
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Subject: [birders] RE: superior township, brown thrasher
From: "CJ McDonald" <cjmcd77(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 10:41pm
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It was still there just before dark -- at the corner of Stommel Ct., right
by the "Welcome to Rattlesnake Country" sign.
Jim
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Subject: [birders] superior township, brown thrasher
Got a brown thrasher at stommel road, in superior township this morning.
Also seen was 2 cranes on cherry hills.
Laurent Fournier
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Subject: [birders] Uncertain Hawk I.D.
From: "Matthew Valencic" <mmvalencic(AT)adelphia.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 10:48pm
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I would like some help with this hawk
(http://picasaweb.google.com/mvalencic/UnknownHawk) seen and photographed
today east of Cleveland, OH. It was taking off near our home and continued
to spiral upward as it slowly made its way to the north. The sky was that
high-overcast condition that makes most things look like a silhouette. It
did not make any calls while I was watching and photographing it.
The banded tail (note minor white band close to the body) and dark wings
(are they dark because of the background?) suggest a Zone-tailed Hawk or
possibly a Common Black Hawk (the minor white band closer to the body is not
shown by Sibley for the Black Hawk).
The wings are more like a Rough-legged ("relatively long-winged" according
to Sibley) or Zone-tailed than a Common Black Hawk ("extremely broad wings"
according to Sibley). The Broad-winged Hawk has a banded tail but the wings
are supposed to have more white on the lower surface.
I'm not well versed in hawks but I gave it a good run (thank goodness for
Google).
My guess - mostly because of the normal range of these different hawks -
would be Dark Morph Rough-legged Hawk.
Your thoughts????
Matt Valencic
Chagrin Falls, OH
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Subject: [birders] Re: Uncertain Hawk I.D.
From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 11:44pm
Matt-
I'd guess it's a dark morph Broad-winged Hawk.
Bruce
From: "Matthew Valencic" <mmvalencic(AT)adelphia.net>
To: birders(AT)umich.edu
Subject: [birders] Uncertain Hawk I.D.
Date sent: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:48:28 -0400
Send reply to: "Matthew Valencic" <mmvalencic(AT)adelphia.net>
> I would like some help with this hawk
> (http://picasaweb.google.com/mvalencic/UnknownHawk) seen and photographed
> today east of Cleveland, OH. It was taking off near our home and
> continued to spiral upward as it slowly made its way to the north. The
> sky was that high-overcast condition that makes most things look like a
> silhouette. It did not make any calls while I was watching and
> photographing it.
>
>
>
> The banded tail (note minor white band close to the body) and dark wings
> (are they dark because of the background?) suggest a Zone-tailed Hawk or
> possibly a Common Black Hawk (the minor white band closer to the body is
> not shown by Sibley for the Black Hawk).
>
>
>
> The wings are more like a Rough-legged ("relatively long-winged" according
> to Sibley) or Zone-tailed than a Common Black Hawk ("extremely broad
> wings" according to Sibley). The Broad-winged Hawk has a banded tail but
> the wings are supposed to have more white on the lower surface.
>
>
>
> I'm not well versed in hawks but I gave it a good run (thank goodness for
> Google).
>
>
>
> My guess - mostly because of the normal range of these different hawks -
> would be Dark Morph Rough-legged Hawk.
>
>
>
> Your thoughts????
>
>
>
> Matt Valencic
>
> Chagrin Falls, OH
>
>
>
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Subject: [birders] Re: Speaking of Bluejays..
From: WovenWoman(AT)aol.com
Date: 20 Apr 2008 11:51pm
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Speaking of BlueJays.....
I have noticed that I have very few over the last five years. Is this just
an East Dearborn thing? I used to have them at my feeders badgering the other
birds daily, spending lots of time in the back, calling from the top of my TV
antenna, now its a rarity for them to show at all. I offer the same seed,
the same feeder, and if anything have added on, but not so much as to interfere
(at least I hope not)
Thanks, looking forward to comparisons.
Namaste,
Edie
In a message dated 4/20/2008 8:22:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
groupmail(AT)griefnet.org writes:
I heard what I was sure was a bluejay but all I could see were what I thought
might be chickadees. They were hopping around my bushes and then went up
into a tree. I finally triangulated in on the sound, and it was this little
bird
making what I had thought was a variation on a blue jay call. I thought the
bird was a black capped chickadee. I am apparently wrong on both counts.
The bird was small and grey. The call was a very distinct fourth, lowest
note first, a round clear tone. (A fourth is four notes apart, like from C go
G;
the first 3 notes of "Taps" would be C-C-G.)
After 15 minutes of googling I had to get back to work. (They need to file
bird calls by notes for those of us who have so few clues.) I'm sure some of
you will know right off.
Cendra Lynn
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